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FILE - In this Sept. 28, 2013, file photo, Florida wide receivers coach Joker Phillips watches the Gators warm up before an NCAA college football game against Kentucky in Lexington, Ky. Phillips, siting personal reasons, has resigned as wide receivers coach. Phillips joined the Florida staff in December 2012 and spent one year coaching Florida's receivers. Prior to that, he was Kentucky's head coach for three seasons. (AP Photo/James Crisp, File)

Former University of Florida receivers coach and recruiting coordinator Joker Phillips resigned because of a meeting with a recruit during a “dead period,” where no contact is allowed between college coaches and high school players, Yahoo Sports reported.

Yahoo reported on Thursday that a photo of Phillips and the recruit sitting in a restaurant was sent to the NCAA by what it describes as “a person with ties to the University of Miami athletics program.”

The report did not name the recruit, the site of the incident, nor when it took place.

The violation could be as simple as the “bump rule,” where a coach and recruit inadvertently encounter each other. That would be classified as a secondary violation, which usually carries no serious penalties.

However, if the NCAA finds that the meeting was orchestrated in advance either by the coach or a third party, the violation would be more serious.

NCAA and Miami officials wouldn’t comment on the situation to Yahoo Sports. In an emailed response, Florida communications official Steve McClain said the school would have no comment beyond the initial statements from coach Will Muschamp and Phillips in the release announcing Phillips’ resignation and the hiring of Chris Leak as his replacement.

None of those statements addressed any potential NCAA rules infraction by Phillips.

Phillips resigned on Wednesday, citing personal reasons, and is the second UF receivers coach in three years to leave under such circumstances. Aubrey Hill, who played at Florida and returned as a coach in 2012, resigned hours before the first preseason practice that season and was later found to have committed recruiting violations while at Miami. He was issued a “show cause” penalty in October 2013, which bans an NCAA member school from hiring him until October 2015.